Police immediately launched a search after being alerted at 4.16pm, and later that evening divers recovered his body.

Several of Chris’ friends have taken to Facebook to pay tribute to him with a group of them planning to meet up at “Kwiks” car park in Denbigh on Friday evening to celebrate his life.

Chris, who was originally from Glasgow and was a Rangers FC and Scotland fan, would have turned 21 next month.

His death has prompted Upper Denbigh county councillor Colin Hughes to call for “urgent action” to make the disused site more secure and wants a meeting as soon as possible with quarry owners Hanson UK.

The company has confirmed it is happy to discuss the issue. The quarry is fenced off with barbed wire and there are signs saying “Quarry workings, keep out” and “Danger deep cold water”.

A spokesman for Hanson UK, who supply heavy building materials to the construction industry, said they still have regular patrols at the site. He added: “We’re just about to launch our stay safe 2014 campaign. We will be warning children and young adults about the dangers of quarries. We will be highlighting this fatality as part of that campaign.”

Detective Chief Inspector Dan Tipton said police are not treating the death as suspicious. Last summer police issued a warning about the dangers of swimming at disused quarries after youths were found to be jumping from rocks into the pool at the Denbigh site.